Year One

Colloquium on the Integration of Clinical Theory and Practice I: 5 four-hour meetings per trimester (15 per year) with readings, group discussion, case presentations and papers focused on the integration of theory and practice in cultural context. Year one covers psychoanalytic theories (Trimester 1: Freud, ego psychology, and Jung; Trimester 2: object relations; and Trimester 3: self psychology)
Research Seminar I (Epistemology): 3 two-hour meetings per trimester (9 per year) with readings and discussion relating to the nature and origins of knowledge and its social construction.
Clinical Supervision: weekly meetings for one hour with clinical consulting faculty member (cost included in tuition)
Mentorship: monthly one-hour meetings at a mutually convenient time for student and mentor to help students prepare and implement his/her individualized course curriculum plan and papers. The Sanville Institute Course Curriculum (as described in our catalogue) is uniquely designed so that each student, in collaboration with her/his mentor, is able to pursue a wide variety of clinical, organizational, socio-cultural or administrative pathways depending on their interests, experience and professional goals.    
Convocations: 3 weekends per year when faculty members, students, and guest speakers present papers and courses on topical themes relevant to Institute course work. Fall and spring convocations are held in Berkeley and winter is in Los Angeles. All travel, lodging and food is covered by yearly tuition.

Year Two

Colloquium on the Integration of Clinical Theory and Practice: 5 four-hour meetings per trimester (15 per year) with focus on attachment and the neurobiology of attachment and relational psychotherapy.
Research Seminar II (Research): 5 meetings per trimester with a focus on understanding research concepts and process. Qualitative research approaches, including grounded theory, are emphasized.
Clinical Supervision: as in year one
Mentorship:  as in year one – continue to implement individualized course curriculum plan
Convocations: as in year one

Year Three

Writing Practice Seminar: group seminar to discuss student course papers in progress
Mentorship: as in year one – continue to implement & move toward completion of individualized course curriculum plan (length of time for completion varies by student)
Convocations: as in year one
Dissertation Proposal Tutorial: small group seminar to support students in developing their research topic, writing the research proposal, and beginning the research

Year Four
  (and beyond, depending on the individual student’s pace)

Dissertation Proposal Tutorial continued as above
Convocations – as in year one
Convene dissertation committee, pass to candidacy and complete the dissertation (the time-line for completion of the dissertation is based on the pace of the individual student)